Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

"Is it okay for me not to go? The baby in your second sister's belly is the lifeblood of our He family. I must protect her at all times," said He Yuzhu.

"Okay, I just borrowed a car. You go in the front and they follow behind," said Zhang Dabao.

"We have a lot of people this time. Second sister is pregnant, Huairu is holding one, and Jingru is holding one. Put all the things in the car. Put the buns in the front and you can eat them on the way." Zhang Dabao started joking when he saw that the car was seriously overcrowded.

The road leading to Zhangjia Village was not very flat, and it took more than an hour to reach Zhangjia Village. Zhang Dabao put Zhang Lianhua down first. If she wanted to burn paper, she couldn't go to the cemetery because she was pregnant. She just stayed at home. Since there was no one at Zhang Dasong's house, Zhang Lianhua went to her brother Zhang Daliu's house.

"Brother Zhuzi, please wait a while before sitting down. There are no cars entering Qinjiagou. You and Jingru should go home and ask someone to pick them up. Life is difficult now. They have two children and so many things. It's not safe," Zhang Dabao called out to He Yuzhui.

"Da Biao is right. Qinjiagou's business this year is not as good as last year, but they have planted a lot of sweet potatoes. Although it's not enough to eat, if we save a certain amount, people will not starve to death," said Zhang Daliu.

"Third brother, you should go to fourth uncle's place later. When I came, my cousin said that he would need some temporary workers after the Spring Festival," said Zhang Dabao.

"No, Dabiao, wasn't your cousin transferred?" Zhang Daliu asked puzzledly.

"I wasn't transferred, I just took on a concurrent position in the ministry and was promoted to a higher level," Zhang Dabao explained.

"Promotion? That's great," Zhang Daliu said happily.

"Da Biao, take these pieces of paper. After you send them off, these are mine and you should give them to your eldest brother to burn. These are for your eldest sister and you should burn them in front of your uncle and aunt. Tell them that your eldest sister is now a state official." Zhang Lianhua took out two pieces of paper from her bag before leaving.

"Lotus, who is the cadre? Wasn't Dabiao a cadre a long time ago?" Zhang Daliu heard it again.

"Second sister, please explain everything to third brother. You can take Xiaodang with you. It's too inconvenient to climb the mountain to Qinjiagou. We'll leave first." Zhang Dabao went out and got in the car.

"It was my eldest sister who became a state official, the deputy section chief of the Women's Federation Office, just like the deputy director of our commune," Zhang Lianhua said to her brother.

"Who are you talking about? Our eldest sister?" Zhang Daliu was obviously very surprised by this answer.

"My eldest sister Zhang Cuihua is the deputy section chief, at the deputy section level. She will become the section chief in the next step because there is no section chief in the section and she is in charge. She also benefits from her eldest cousin, and our Zhuzi also benefits from him," said Zhang Lianhua.

"That's great. There are several more cadres and workers in the family. Is it that grandpa has appeared in person?" Zhang Daliu said excitedly.

"Brother, it has nothing to do with grandpa. If you have to say it does have anything to do with it, it's all thanks to my third uncle. Without my third uncle, there would be no Zhang Dabao. Without Zhang Dabao, who among us could have entered the city? Not to mention becoming a cadre," said Zhang Lianhua.

"Aunt San has been approved as a martyr, and Uncle Si said he would erect a monument for her. Why not add Uncle San's name?" Zhang Daliu said.

"Brother, please stop joking. What's engraved on it? The tomb of martyr Wang Xiulan and her husband?" Zhang Lianhua said.

"Yes, it's not quite appropriate," said Zhang Daliu.

"Don't mention it if it's inappropriate. It will make Fourth Uncle embarrassed. What about Shouqian?" Zhang Lianhua asked.

"We went to the mountains for patrol. The weather is dry now and someone is stealing water," said Zhang Daliu.

Zhang Dabao took a few people past the Zhang family cemetery, turned a corner, and the car stopped. The road to Qinjiagou was closed to traffic, and three-wheeled motorcycles could not go up. The name of the village was Gou, but one had to cross a mountain and go down to the bottom of the gou first. He Yuzhu and Qin Jingru got out of the car, took a knife and a wooden stick, and went to the village to call people.

Huaihua had also fallen asleep at this time. Zhang Dabao carried the child to the passenger seat and sat in the back seat himself. Then the car began to shake violently in the mountains.

Parking and sitting in love Fenglin night, the frosty leaves are red in February flowers.

After playing a round, He Yuzhu and the other man had not returned yet. After a while, Huaihua woke up. Zhang Dabiao got out of the car and asked Qin Huairu to feed the child in the car. At this time last year, he had killed a wild boar in the mountains. This year, the vegetation was sparse and the rainfall was small. The village, the commune, and even the army sent people to the mountains to hunt, so there were no large prey at the foot of the mountain. Even the most common pheasants and hares were almost invisible.

"Seventh Uncle" Qin Minghui and his brothers came and saw Zhang Dabao standing there in a daze, so they went over and called out to him.

"Minghui" Zhang Dabao patted his shoulder and handed him a pack of cigarettes, "Around three o'clock in the afternoon, I'll wait for them here."

"Okay, Seventh Uncle." Qin Minghui and his companions carried the things in the car and left with Qin Huairu, Qin Jingru, and left He Yuzhu behind.

"Da Biao, life in the village is really hard," He Yuzhu said.

"Let's go. When we get downstairs, you have to wait for me for a while. I'm going to burn some paper for my brother and tell uncle that my sister has become a cadre." Zhang Dabao smiled bitterly and turned the car around.

After burning paper at the grave and fulfilling the request of his two sisters, Zhang Dabao came to Zhang Zhiling's house. He Yuzhu was embarrassed to go with him, so he went to Zhang Daliu's house by himself.

"Da Biao, what's going on? Da Liu said that your cousin got a promotion?" Zhang Zhiling said.

"He was promoted to the next level and took on the position of first deputy director of the Metallurgical Bureau, becoming a full-time department-level cadre. He is also the director of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. I told him yesterday that I wanted to come to the village, and he told me that the factory would need temporary workers after the Spring Festival. How many people can our village send?" said Zhang Dabia.

"What's the meaning of sending so many people? Do they want as many as we want?" Zhang Zhiling asked.

"Uncle Si, you're overthinking it. How many people are there in our village? What is our main task? It's farming. You don't farm the land and let the villagers work as temporary workers in the factory. Will the commune be happy if they find out?" Zhang Dabao poured a basin of cold water on Zhang Zhiling.

"Yes, our main task is farming, but it's not raining, you say..." Zhang Zhiling was full of helplessness.

"Fourth Uncle, it can't always not rain, farming is our foundation," Zhang Daliu also said.

"Let's do the same as last year. Send out fifty people. The rest of the people will be a little tired, but they can still do the work in the fields. When the busy farming season really comes, Daliu, you can bring a few more people back to help. We still have to seize the opportunity to make money. It's very difficult to earn a penny in the village now," said Zhang Zhiling.

"I know. Let's come to my house for dinner today. Lianhua's boyfriend is here too. Dabiao also brought some cooked food. I asked Shouqian's mother to call his fifth and sixth uncles," said Zhang Daliu.

"Lotus and her boyfriend are here too? They are distinguished guests. I'll bring a bottle of wine." Zhang Zhiling went to the inner room, took two bottles of wine, and went to Zhang Daliu's house with his two nephews.